title: Lack of difference in sensibility between the dominant and non-dominant hands as tested with Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments.
abstract: The sensibility of the dominant hand was compared with that of the non-dominant hand using Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments in each of 22 bilateral palmar sites in 50 healthy volunteers. No difference in sensibility was found in 51% of all 2,200 tested palmar sites. Statistically significant superior sensibility was found in the non-dominant hand at 34% of all sites, whereas the dominant side showed superior sensibility in the remaining 15%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Van Turnhout
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Hage
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: De Groot
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: De Lange-De Klerk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006225:Hand / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014110:Touch